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Ramlan speaks

"My appointment opens the way for the new CEO of ISN to concentrate on
the administrative and financial management aspects.

My appointment
underscores YB Minister's seriousness ineffecting innovative ideas into
launching Malaysian sports performance to a higher level and to glean
sustainable success through application of science and technology in
high performance sport and the provision of world class healthcare and
injury management plus antidoping for our national athletes.

My task
generally is to oversee the strategic planning, implementation and
effective monitoring & evaluation of systems, processes and putting
in place the right culture for Malaysian athletes to excel and succeed
on the world stage in a sustainable and meaningful way.

The benefits of
all this work at high performance level should also be harnessed
usefully to benefit society at large in terms of improving health and
social indices towards a progressive, harmonious and healthy society,
with the involvement of partners and stakeholders in the industry and
all governmental and non-governmental organisations, both in Malaysia
and internationally."

Those were the words of former National Sports Institute CEO Dr Ramlan Aziz (pic) which was delivered through an SMS. An article on the subject was written by Sports247. For a recap of the episode, read my previous posting here.

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